I have like a bit of a cretin, been beasting myself running a bit lately....bit silly really...but I want to get my fitness back to where it was before I became a lardarse.... Anyway, I've got shin splints...so any advice on something aerobic I can do whilst letting them recover...which isn't swimming would be greatly appreciated

(edit) Incidentally the class 3 course I was going on (today), was CANCELLED leaving me with 9 days off work (because my shifts have been promised elsewhere), no pay, and having to get a further 9 days off in august...which by the looks of it I'm not going to get.

Cycling. Did the trick for me. All that hot pedal action really strengthens the dorsi- and plantar-flexors in your ankle, which is a major contributory factor to getting splints. About 5 miles a day, twice a day, in place of your normal running routine. Do that for a few weeks to allow your shins to recover, drink plenty of milk, and when your not cycling, wear a good length of tubigrip, covering the entire length of the shin. I havent been running yet, but it no longer hurts like hell to run up the stairs, so I am assuming it works.

plenty of ice and i'm afraid rest , cycling will keep your fitness levels up without the impact damage of running, once the pain subsides run on grass rather than hard surfaces to give the muscles a chance

(edit) Incidentally the class 3 course I was going on (today), was CANCELLED leaving me with 9 days off work (because my shifts have been promised elsewhere), no pay, and having to get a further 9 days off in august...which by the looks of it I'm not going to get.

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I'd not heard 36 Sigs Regts course had been cancelled. Powers that be are pushing the August course, at the expense of the November one (run by 3

I don't know if its actually canceled, but thats what we've (46) been told. It happened with a course in January too, they SAID it had been canceled, but it hadn't they just wanted fewer numbers, so I didn't get to go on that, one even though it ran anyway. Leaving me out of pocket and without the training I need.

Its seriously pissing me off now, I'm booking time off work, which I can't get back, courses get canceled/moved allegedly and then I can't get time off work later in the year to do them....all the while I'm skint because I'm not working.

There's not a lot of chance I can get the time off in August to do it, meanwhile I'll be sat on my ass for the next 9 days earning nothing because I can't go into work either.